The world’s documentary heritage: An invaluable asset and a responsibility for all

Faced with the growing danger of loss of valuable archival and library collections and material, that determine the world’s legacy of knowledge, identity and history of humankind, UNESCO’s Member States have unanimously adopted at the 38th session of the General Conference, in November 2015, a first-ever standard-setting instrument on the protection of the world’s documentary heritage - the ‘UNESCO Recommendation Concerning the Preservation of, and Access to, Documentary Heritage Including in Digital Form’.